New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- A Microsoft employee's unexpected reaction to her termination was unlike that of most - instead of feeling upset, she felt happy and shared the news with her close ones. Tatiana Teppoeva, who had been with the tech giant for 14 years, described her first reaction as "pure happiness."

"I picked up the phone and called a friend to share the news," Teppoeva told Business Insider.

Teppoeva shared that she had long been waiting to leave her tech job and start her own company - but the security of full-time employment kept holding her back. She said she even had a resignation letter prepared but couldn't muster the courage to send it.

"For more than a year, I had been thinking about leaving to start my own company, but i...